 720th |
April 2008 Battalion
Time Line ~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~
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 89th Bde. |
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16 April, Sab al Bor, Iraqi In the early morning hours Sons of Iraq (SOI), an acronym for Concerned Local Citizens, greeted MPs from the 411th MP Company and the Sab al Bor Iraqi police (IP) force at the main checkpoint in Sab al Bor, where an SOI captain had been shot in the leg the night before by local criminals. A squad from 411th MP Company lives at the police station with their IP counterparts and conducts police transition team operations, which consists of training the Sab al Bor police force on how to properly run a police station while policing their community. The MPs conducted “over watch” duties and provided support at the checkpoint while the SOI and IPs conducted the security searches of people and vehicles. In addition, a platoon of soldiers from the Estonian military and soldiers from Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division, Baghdad, searched houses looking for any criminal activity in the area. After the village was thoroughly searched, the MPs returned to the Sab al Bor station. |
12th Annual Warrior Police Challenge ~ Fort Leonard Wood, MO. |
25 April A three soldier team (#15) from the 720th MP Battalion consisting of SSG Ascencion Carmona Jr. (410th MP Company), SPC Nick Cloutier (178th MP Detachment), PFC Joshua Cook (410th MP Company), and their coach, SGT Josh Barrera (411th MP Company), took second place in a grueling 72 hour competition at the 12th Annual Warrior Police Challenge at Corps Headquarters, Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Twenty nine MP teams competed in nine events including a physical fitness assessment, obstacle course challenge, law and order scenario, field craft event, M9 pistol and M4 rifle weapons proficiency, live fire shoothouse, team weapons proficiency test, written examination and grueling 15-mile endurance march. |
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The Battalion Team placed first in the rucksack march and written examination, and within the top six in physical fitness assessment, obstacle course challenge, law and order scenario, field craft event, live fire shoothouse, and team weapons proficiency test. A tough day at the range cost them first place. |
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